Re: Multi NIC Windows 2003 routing problem

From: Phillip Windell (_at_.)
Date: 11/01/04


Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 16:53:34 -0600

You cannot have two Default Gateways. By the very definition of the
term,..there can only be one.

157025 - Default Gateway Configuration for Multihomed Computers
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;157025&Product=win2000

Since you appear to have three subnets floating around and I have no idea
about the relationship between them,...I cannot tell you how to deal with
the problem the right way.

The best way is to never multi-home a Server under any circumstances except
for Proxys and NAT Servers. Place real LAN routers between the subnets, not
computers.

Here are other multi-homing "horrors" to keep in mind. This is why computers
should only "live" on networks and let the Routers "route" the networks.

175767 - Expected Behavior of Multiple Adapters on Same Network
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;175767

272294 - Active Directory Communication Fails on Multihomed Domain
Controllers
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;272294

191611 - Symptoms of Multihomed Browsers
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;191611

Microsoft Windows XP - Multihoming Considerations
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/reskit/en-us/prcc_tcp_qpzj.asp?

128978 - Dead Gateway Detection in TCP/IP for Windows NT
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;128978

171564 - TCP/IP Dead Gateway Detection Algorithm Updated for Windows NT
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;171564

-- 
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com
"Chuck" <balt3@inside.net.remove.from.here.no> wrote in message
news:4186a368$0$327$4d4ef98e@read.news.ch.uu.net...
> Hi all,
>
> I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise Server which talks to machines in one
> private network, hosted on one network card, and another private network
as
> well as the internet which should be routed over the other network card.
> This exact layout on a Windows NT 4 Server works just fine, but not on the
> Windows 2003 Server which I'm setting up to replace the NT4 Server. The
> setup:
>
> NIC1:
> IP: 192.168.90.1
> Def GW: 192.168.90.67
> Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
>
> NIC2:
> IP: 10.10.10.2
> Def GW: 10.10.10.1
> Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
>
> NIC1 is connected to a Cisco PIX leading to a VPN. The PIX is the default
> gateway, the network behind the PIX is 192.168.20.x
> NIC2 is connected to a Sonicwall, which is connected to the internet. The
> Sonicwall is the default gateway.
>
> When I set the TCP/IP properties on the server, I always get a warning
> message saying that having different default gateways would not work as
> expected. The server then communicates just fine on the 192.168.90.x
> network, and it can also ping machines on the 10.10.10.x network. But any
> requests that would go out to the internet are failing, can't even an
> outside server with a public IP (which works on the NT4 system).
>
> Does anyone see how this can be solved? With the NT4 system I had to add
> this route to get it to work:
> route add 192.168.20.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.90.67 -p
>
> but that doesn't seem to make a difference on the Windows 2003 Server.
>
> Any hints greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>
>
>


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